Exercise and Cancer

 As I have been thinking about how I'm planning to develop performances for wearable pieces- I've been thinking about the daily/mundane actions or gestures that could be used- This brought me to consider aspects of the healing process when diagnosed with cancer. 

Recent research suggests that exercise benefits most people both during and after cancer treatment. It can help manage some of the common side effects of treatment (see below), speed up your return to your usual activities, and improve your quality of life. The evidence also shows there is little risk of exercise causing harm if care is taken and professional exercise advice is followed closely. For some cancers, exercise may even improve treatment outcomes.

https://www.cancervic.org.au/living-with-cancer/exercise/exercise-overview

I think these simple stretch gestures will make up much of the formal language used in the performances. 

There is a large variety of stretches and strength training that could be very interesting if explored as a series of gestures performers could select from and experiment with-